LulzSec Topples EVE Online, Minecraft, League of Legends and other Servers

Post by roel_v » Wed, Jun 15, 2011, 9:10 AM UTC

fourk wrote: post #63

hugh3 wrote: post #55

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Sure, and I can go around punching people in the face and tell 'em that I'm doing 'em a favour by reminding them to always wear a full-face helmet when out in public. But if nobody except me is a big enough asshole to go round punching people in the face at random...

The difference is that one of those people could very well return the favor and give you a proper ass kicking, or determine your identity with relative ease and file a complaint with the police. The disincentives that exist for your example and those that exist for actions similar to those taken by lulzsec are radically different. The conclusion that people should walk around with full-face helmets is ridiculous beca…

Post by wladimir » Wed, Jun 15, 2011, 11:28 AM UTC

mindstab wrote: post #12

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Not to be too cheezy, but i'd like to quote The Dark Knight here: "Some men just want to watch the world burn."

It's seems like they are almost a caricature. Maybe they really are, or see my conspiracy theory http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2655040

Post by meric » Wed, Jun 15, 2011, 12:04 PM UTC

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mrlase wrote: post #50

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No. Not that easy. They use VPNs offshore chained together not to mention the off shore vps' they have. Of course they would use protection when even just getting on Twitter, so a phone call from the government would do very little as the give would receive an IP from somewhere offshores that doesnt give a damn about US law, providing time and security to lulzsec.

I wonder how secure those VPN providers are. Regardless, my bet is that these guys will get taken down via a Kaczynski vulnerability. That is, someone that personally knows them will figure out that they are responsible and report them to the authorities.

Post by hugh3 » Wed, Jun 15, 2011, 12:37 PM UTC

Apocryphon wrote: post #26

I wonder if there's an ideological "faction" (not an actual group or organization) of Anon hackers, the ones behind the hacktivism (pro-Wikileaks, anti-dictators, anti-corruption in democracies), who feels like groups such as LulzSec are tarnishing the reforming image of Anonymous. Prior to this month, they were getting almost mainstream approval as supporters of liberation movements in the third world.

Post by jonafato » Wed, Jun 15, 2011, 12:48 PM UTC

Vivtek wrote: post #104

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Absolutely true. My credit card number was used from Turkey this week. I have absolutely no idea which website was compromised. And I am pretty sure that whoever was compromised has no idea either.

Might not be a website - my wife's and my debit cards were compromised last year within two weeks of one another. The only thing they had in common was that they're at the same bank; she has never even once used her card online. Our conclusion was that Chase Manhattan had been compromised. That's kind of scary, really. They have to be spending serious money on security.